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...industry while ignoring impacts to the visitor industry. We agree. Both Regional Forester Beth Pendleton and SecretaryofAgriculture Thomas Vilsack initially promised that their efforts to "transition to young growth harvests" would include...

...hopeful they are that they will find the common ground necessary to present a satisfactory recommendation to the SecretaryofAgriculture and the Chief of the U.S. Forest Service. The Forest Service will request recommendations from the committee...

...management, which may be included in the Forest Plan amendment. The recommendations will be submitted to the SecretaryofAgriculture through the chief of the US Forest Service. For more information about the work of the Tongass Advisory Committee...

...more questions than answers, but the committee hopes to finalize language on possible recommendations to the SecretaryofAgriculture and the Chief of the U.S. Forest Service by Friday afternoon. Further meetings will be held in other Southeast...

...growth versus young growth.After announcing in 2010 plans to transition the forest to young growth, U.S. SecretaryofAgriculture Tom Vilsack announced in a 2013 memo a strategy for the transition. In the past year, the Forest Service has...

President Barack Obama's nomination of Iowa's Tom Vilsack for SecretaryofAgriculture is a winner. In an interview this week, Vilsack called for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to "champion everyone who eats...

...recommendations may be included in the Forest Plan amendment.TAC members advise and give recommendations to the SecretaryofAgriculture through the Chief of the U.S. Forest Service. The membership represents a broad and diverse range of viewpoints...

...Assistant Specialist for Intertribal Agriculture Council, and Program Assistant in the Office of the United States SecretaryofAgriculture, Office of Tribal Relations. The many associations she developed through internships, fellowships and public...

...recreation and tourism, and subsistence in supporting vibrant local communities in Southeast Alaska.Last summer, SecretaryofAgriculture Tom Vilsack announced a series of steps to achieve the transition within the next 10 to 15 years. A key part...

...President Julie Kitka said the organization also has the support from the Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, SecretaryofAgriculture Tom Vilsack and top Department of Justice Officials representing the federal government, who was also party...